Wrench for use in restricted locations



Jan. 25,1927.

7 T. WOODS WRENCH FOR USE IN RESTRICTED LOCATIONS Filed Jan. 27. 1926 Patented Jan. 25, 1927.

l -TED S TA TE S THEODORE WOODS, OF WEST LINN, OREGON.

WRENCH FOR USE IN RESTRICTED LOCATIONS.

Application filed January 27, 1926.

The-'object-ofmy invention is for the placing of threaded nuts upon belts in highly restricted locations, wherein it is necessary for the wrench to maintain the nut to be 8 placed upon the bolt within the head of the wrench and when so located to thread the same upon the bolt by the turning of the head without the movement of the handle member of the wrench.

An additional object of my invention consists in having a closure plate disposed upon one side of the wrench head, which may be removed and snapped into position upon the opposite side of the head, thus making either ll side of the head of the wrench adaptable for the retention of the nut therein.

With these and incidental objects in view, the invention consists in certain novel features, of construction and combination of parts, the essential elements of which are set forth in the appended claims, and a preferred form of embodiment of which is hereinafter shown with reference to the drawings which accompany and form a part of this ll specification:

In the drawings Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the wrench, partially in section at the head end.

Fig. 2 is a cross section view, showing 00 part of the body portion broken away to better illustrate my device.

Fig. 3 is an end View, taken on line 33 of Fig. 2, looking in the direction indicated.

Like reference characters refer to like 86 parts throughout the several views.

The body portion and handle member of the frame is preferably made of two parts 1 and 2, the same being fastened together by suitable fastening means, as rivets 3. The

head 4, of the wrench is formed at an angle to the handle section and has disposed therein the revoluble socket jaws 5, having an inner face 6, adapted to fit about the nuts and held therein. I have shown the head to be hexagonal in form, but do not wish to be limited to a hexagonal form. Disposed about the outer periphery of the member 5, is formed a gear 7, the said gear being passed between the two framed members which are '0 spaced apart sufficiently to maintain the same in position therein. Running longitudinally of the body portion parallel thereto is a drive shaft 8, held within suitable bearing upon the member 2, and having a knurled operating disk 9, secured thereto at one end and having a beveled gear 10, mount- 'Serial No. 84,080.

ed upon the other end which engages with the gear 7. A closure plate 11, fits upon the annular head of the wrench, by means of the projections 12, projecting from oneside thereof and which detachably engage the head 4-, the object of which is to form a pocket within the socket jaws of the wrench, to prevent the falling out, or the pushing out of the nut from the same when it engages with the bolt upon which it is to be threaded, the closure plate may be removed from the side shown and placed upon the opposite side of the head section. An additional wrench socket 18, may be formed upon the oppposite end of the wrench.

WVhile the form of mechanism herein shown and described is admirably adapted to fulfill the objects primarily stated, it is to be understood that it is not intended to confine the invention to the one form of embodiment herein shown and described, as it is susceptible of embodiment in various forms, all coming within the scope of the claims which follow.

What I claim is:

1. A wrench, comprising a body portion composed of two parallel members secured together, there being an annular enlarge-' ment formed at one end, said annular enlargement being at an angle to the main body portion, and said parallel members being spaced apart at said annular enlargement, socket jaws revolubly maintained in said annular enlargement, a gear formed upon said socket jaws, a drive sh aft mounted to one side of said body portion and parallel thereto, an operating disk'mounted at one end of said shaft, and a bevel gear mounted at the other end of said shaft and engaging with the gear mounted about the revoluble aws.

2. A wrench, comprising a body portion composed of two parallel members secured together, and there being an annular enlargement formed in one end of said body portion, said annular enlargement being at an angle to the main body portion, and said parallel members being spaced apart at said annular enlargement, socket jaws revolubly maintained in said annular enlargement, a gear formed about said socket jaws, a drive shaft mounted to one side of said body portion and parallel thereto, an operating disk mounted at one end of said shaft a bevel gear mounted at the opposite end of said shaft and engaging with the gear mounted about the revoluble jaws, and a reversable closure adapted to removable attachment to the opposite sides of said annular enlarge ment.

3. A Wrench comprising two parallel members secured together to form a body portion and terminating in an annular enlargement at one end, said members being spaced apart at the point of said annular enlargement, said annular enlargement being formed at an angle to said body portion; socket jaws revolubly maintained in said annular enlargement and between said spaced parallel members; a gear formed upon said socket jaws; a drive shaft mounted at one side of said body portion and parallel thereto; an operating disk mounted upon one end of said shaft, a bevel gear mounted upon the other end of said shaft and e11- gaging the gear formed upon the socket jaws; a removable closure, and means on said removable closure permitting the same to be removably mounted to either side of said annular enlargement.

THEODORE 'WOODS. 

